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great rote guaranteed investment certificates tracy kibble staff reporter wwtchurchstouffvilie is the only municipality in the rouge river val ley system not to endorse a water shed management strategy council heard tuesday the metro toronto and region conservation authority mtrca said whitchurchstouffville is a key member in the strategy which aims to improve fisheries and the eco-sys- tem along the rouge a recent report lists vast improve ments to fisheries runoff control and urban drainage but mayor fran sainsbury said fisbdorit pay taxes we havcnot endorsed this yet because theyve put the cart before the horse on mis project she added the mayor said the mtrca must prove its population forecasts are cor rect and research servicing capability ties for expected growth in the area- first until the region of york the min istry of the environment and the province resolve the service collec tion issue for the town wed just be making our job harder mayor sainsbury said but ward 5 councillor doug alles argued the mtrca does not deal in sewage but in conservation look whats happened in scarbor ough with development theyve real ly messed up there we stul have a chance to save our environment councillor alles said but the federal government pass es responsibilities to the province the province passes to the region and die region passes onto us every thing comes back to us well end up with a lot of extra work and no back ing and they keep coming up with more schemes the mayor rebuked mayor sainsbury added the mtrca is making motherhood statements now which they called radical when we fought these same issues fa tiie 70s but ward 6 councillor jim sanders sad all the mtrca is asking isto endorse the environment as top prior ity i cant see how we can oppose that we should be right behind them councillor sanders said as long as they dont send me the bill they can do whatever they want in the watershed mayor sainsbury argued meanwhile the report has received support from scarborough and mafkham said town planning director and member of the projects planning task force michael saun ders council agreed to support the plan inprincipal sdss track project moving along well say organizers the sdss confaiunity track is progressing wonderfully rweh and the pnk ject should be completed by early may said ged stonehouse chairman of the trackxmnmittee v amzsi kfc stonehouse told the tribune weather is posing the biggest problem fa the tracks construction and has delayed the project about six to eight weeks machinery has been needed on site longer than anticipated and graders had to becajled in to clear snow hesaid r z- ri y weather has been the biggest paiiv which has hit us with extrk costs but 1 we have managed to save by using local contractors so we should be able to come within our 450000 budget mr stonehouse said todatei however the project is taring well with rough grading and the build ing of the track tennis courts and runway for the high jump area prepared and ready for surfacing the first layer of asphalt for the track is complete and the lighting is wired and the poles are on the site mr stonehouse said v by spring the project should be complete and officials hope to have the rubberized surface of the track complete in may qeaihup smoothing and sodding fwp also be done m the waimerrmon md stonehouse said i the wall of pamela walito be erected at the nortoeast comer of the site where residents can buy a brick with theirfamily fnamel engraved on it still needs more donations the track committee hopes to sell 200 of me bricks which wiu brfag fa at leasi30000 but have sold less than 50 so far mr stonehouse said jfyou are interested in having your familys name engraved on the wall of fame and are looking for a way to help fund the community track projecteall 6407277 we still need asignificant number of donations for the wall mr stone housesaid l service forpegceins stoufryillearea churches are join ing forces tomorrow to pray for peace in the persian gulf the stouffville ministerial assp- catiori is holding a service for peace at parkview village audito rium at 4 pm if ah eleventh hour settlement is reached in the crisis- the service will be one of thanksgiving v